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och⋅loc⋅ra⋅cy
[ok-lok-ruh-see] 
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–noun
| government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy. |
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| och·loc·ra·cy (ŏk-lŏk'rə-sē) n. pl. och·loc·ra·cies Government by the masses; mob rule. [French ochlocratie, from Greek okhlokratiā : okhlos, mob; see wegh- in Indo-European roots + -kratiā, -cracy.] och'lo·crat' (ŏk'lə-krāt') n., och'lo·crat'ic, och'lo·crat'i·cal adj., och'lo·crat'i·cal·ly adv. |
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| Main Entry: | ochlocracy |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | See mob rule |
Ochlocracy
Och*loc"ra*cy\, n. [Gr. ?; ? the populace, multitude + ? to be strong, to rule, ? strength: cf.F. ochlocratie.] A form of government by the multitude; a mobocracy. --Hare.
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ochlocracy
"government by the rabble," 1584, from Fr. ochlocratie (1568), from Gk. okhlokratia, from okhlos "mob" + kratos "rule, power, strength" (see -cracy).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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